The Distressed Poet by William Hogarth (1740)

Engraving of a cluttered garret with a poet at a desk, a seated woman sewing, a standing man, a cat and a dog.

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An engraved interior shows a cluttered garret where a poet sits at a desk writing while a woman sews beside a fireplace and a man in a wide-brimmed hat stands at left. A cat, a dog, scattered papers, a sword and a chamber pot fill the floor, and a print titled A View of the Gold Mines of Peru hangs on the sloping wall. William Hogarth's print The Distressed Poet is dated 1740.

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1740

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